Bullet Puller pulled a bullet right out of its jacket

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mreising
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Re: Bullet Puller pulled a bullet right out of its jacket

Post by mreising »

BigBill wrote:
The slug was not 'rifled' in manufacturing.
In the photo - the 'rifling' in the slug was cut by the jacket when the slug slid out.
Note the expansion cuts in the jacket mouth - the left edge is curled over.
I know that, that was why I put the smiley after the statement that it looked like that, not that it was actually rifled.
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SweetWilliam
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Re: Bullet Puller pulled a bullet right out of its jacket

Post by SweetWilliam »

It's hard to believe that happened. I wouldn't think you could get a crimp tight enough on a 45acp to have that happen. Especially with no crimp groove.
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Re: Bullet Puller pulled a bullet right out of its jacket

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Nothing surprises me when JHP's are involved. I've tested them in phone books and seen just about every kind of scenario - some behave just like FMJ's and don't expand one bit - some the jacket slips right off and opens up while the core penetrates without much deformation - a few work flawlessly. I guess that's why I'm a big fan of hardcast, wide meplat projectiles.
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SweetWilliam
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Re: Bullet Puller pulled a bullet right out of its jacket

Post by SweetWilliam »

glocksmith wrote:Nothing surprises me when JHP's are involved. I've tested them in phone books and seen just about every kind of scenario - some behave just like FMJ's and don't expand one bit - some the jacket slips right off and opens up while the core penetrates without much deformation - a few work flawlessly. I guess that's why I'm a big fan of hardcast, wide meplat projectiles.
Yea but your talking about jacket seperation on fired rounds not from a bullet puller. Totally different comparison.
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